MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1983
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THAI CORRECTIONAL OFFICIALS VISIT HK
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THAILAND'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, MR VICHITR THONGKAM AND ONE OF HIS SENIOR SUPER INTENDENTS TODAY (MONDAY) VISITED THE HEI LING CHAU DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE TO LOOK OVER THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S COMPULSORY PLACEMENT PROGRAMME FOR DRUG DEPENDENTS.
ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR FRANCIS WONG, THE VISITORS TOURED THE CENTRE AND WERE BRIEFED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE, MR TSUNG PUI- KWAN ON THE VARIOUS FACILITIES AND TREATMENT PROGRAMMES PROVIDED.
EARLIER TODAY, THEY MET AND DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR T.G. GARNER, ABOUT HONG KONG'S CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMMES.
THE VISITORS WILL BE SEEING THE NEWLY BUILT TUNG TAU CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION AND THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF TRAINING INSTITUTE IN STANLEY BEFORE RETURNING TO BANGKOK TOMORROW EVENING.
THEY ARE IN HONG KONG AS PART OF A VISIT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA, AND HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO THE PHILIPPINES, JAPAN AND KOREA.
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENTS WIN AWARDS
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FORTY STUDENTS FROM THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES HAVE WON AWARDS FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
TWENTY-FIVE OF THEM RECEIVED A $2 000 SCHOLARSHIP EACH WHILE THE REST SHARED A TOTAL OF $7 000 FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ENTRIES IN A CRAFT SKILL COMPETITION FOR PART-TIME DAY RELEASE AND FULL- TIME BASIC CRAFT STUDENTS FROM THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL DISCIPLINES.
IN A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, MR JEFF DEVEREUX, THANKED THE SPONSOR OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE COMPETITION, CHÉN HSONG MACHINERY CO. LTD.
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